The American Stance on Divestment from Israel

The American Stance on Divestment from Israel
A divestment movement to boycott Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is taking place worldwide with an extreme push from over forty college campuses including Harvard, Princeton, University of California - Berkley, University of Michigan, Yale, Penn, and many other prestigious universities (Tutu). The term occupation describes Israel’s control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, territories acquired through victory in Six-Day war in June 1967 (Karsh). This divestment campaign is a plan similar to the anti-apartheid movement for the abolition of “legal segregation” in South Africa that was strengthened by a push from college campuses in the 1980’s. It was the extreme push from colleges that eventually got businesses to divest from South Africa in the 1980’s, so present day divestment campaigns hope to have similar, monumental effects. Campaigns for divestment from Israel actually be...